"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Affectionate to ( স্নেহশীল ) He is affectionate to me.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Differ from ( ভিন্নরূপ হওয়া ) This thing differs from that.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.